Timetable

Friday, 6 March 2009
08.30 – 10:30 Level 3, Grand Ballroom A
Opening ceremony / welcome address
  Moderators: A/Prof Lachlan de Crespigny & Prof Frank Chervenak
  Medison Intro plenary session
Prof Roger Short, Australia Population Growth and Global Warming - The sky IS the Limit
Prof Kypros Nicolaides, UK Fetal therapy: Myth or reality?
10.30 – 11.00 Level 3 and 4 Exhibition
Morning Coffee
11.00 – 12.30 Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 2, Rooms 5 & 6
  Imaging the fetal central nervous system Pre-eclampsia ASA: Basic T2 Morphology Workshop
  Moderators: Dr Michelle Fink & Prof Ritsuko Pooh Moderators: Lesley McCowan & Prof Gian CarloDi Renzo    
11:00 - 11:22 Dr Amanda Sampson, Australia Prof Brian Trudinger, Australia    
  Current standards in routine 2D neurosonography PET and IUGR: diseases with different aetiologies    
11:22 - 11:44 Prof Vincenzo D’Addario, Italy Ms Ann Quinton, Australia    
  Prenatal investigation of mild ventriculomegaly Sonographic technique for accurate Doppler assessment    
11:44 - 12:06 Prof Eberhard Merz, Germany Prof Gustaaf Dekker, Australia    
  3D ultrasound for assessment of the fetal brain The prediction of pre-eclampsia    
12:06 - 12:30 Dr Steven Sinnott, Australia Prof Andrew Shennan, UK    
  Fetal MR for neuro assessment Prophylaxis against pre-eclampsia    
12:30 - 14:00 Level 3 and 4 Exhibition - Lunch Level 4, Exhibition
  Level 3, Grand Ball room A Level 2, Room 3 Oral poster Session I
13:00 – 14.00 Medison Lunch Symposium: FRANZ consortium potential trials Moderator: Dr Amanda Sampson
  Dr Jon Hyett: The 12 week anomaly scan Prof Nicholas Fisk: - Rx Stage I TTS Dr Jodie Dodd: MCA and Second Tx Dr Ian Lange gastroschisis Level 4, Exhibition  
  Prof Waldo Sepulveda: 3D examination of the fetal face and palate: normal / abnormal    
  Prof Yves Ville: The second trimester scan (live demo) Poster Session
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 2, Rooms 5 & 6
14.00 – 15.30 Imaging the cervix and preventing preterm delivery Hot Topics in Obstetrics ASA: Fetal Brain Workshop
  Moderators: Michael Peek & Prof Aris Antsaklis Moderators: Prof Michael Permezel & A/Prof Tony Chung    
14:00 - 14:22 Prof Andrew Shennan, UK Prof Frank Chervenak, USA    
  New interventions: the Emperor's new clothes Patient choice caesarean: The role of evidence and ethics    
14:22 - 14:44 Dr Colleen Cook, Australia Dr Nicholas Fisk, Australia    
  Ultrasound assessment of the cervix The natural caesarean section    
14:44 - 13:06 Dr Siu Chung Chim, Hong Kong Dr Tak Yeung Leung, Hong Kong    
  Systematic identification of cell-free placental RNA markers for noninvasive monitoring of preterm spontaneous labour. ECV for the management of breech presentation at term.    
13:06 - 14:00 Prof Robert Brent, USA Prof Jonathan Morris, Australia    
  Is progesterone teratogenic? Delivery of the infant with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes    
15.30 – 16.00 Level 3 and 4 Exhibition - Afternoon Tea
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 2, Rooms 5 & 6
16.00 – 18.00 Fetal Therapy I Supporting rural obstetric services ASA: 3rd Trim Doppler Workshop
  Moderators: Peter Muller & Dr Terence Lao Moderators: Debbie Wass & Dr Corazon Yabes-Almirante    
16:00 - 16:24 Prof Waldo Sepulveda, Chile Dr Glenn Gardener, Australia    
  Thoracoamniotic shunting: Technique, success rate and complications Telemedicine – a valuable resource for remote fetal medicine?    
16:24 - 16:48 Prof Giovanni Monni, Italy Dr Jon Hyett, Australia    
  Embryo reduction in high-order multiples pregnancies Cervical assessment for preterm delivery    
16:48 - 17:12 Dr Jodie Dodd, Australia Prof Andrew Shennan, UK    
  Predicting fetal anaemia using MCA Doppler: pre and post transfusion Fetal fibronectin screening for preterm delivery.    
17:12 - 17:36 Dr Catherine Hyland, Australia Dr Jane Woolcock, Australia    
  Free fetal DNA for accurate determination of fetal Rhesus status Pre-eclampsia or benign gestational hypertension: using sFLT to determine risk profiles    
17:36 - 18:00 Prof Liliana Voto, Italy Prof Olav Petersen, Denmark    
  Immunoglobulin for the management of severe rhesus isomimmunisation Provision of specialist services in rural areas. Danish doctors in Greenland    
18.00 - 19.30 Welcome cocktails
Saturday, 7 March 2009
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B
08.00 – 10.00 Monochorionic twins Placental insufficiency II
  Moderators: John Smoleniec & Prof Vincenzo D'Addario Moderators: Prof Gustaaf Dekker & A/Prof Tony Chung
08:00 - 08:24 Dr Jon Hyett, Australia Prof Giampaolo Mandruzzato, Italy
  Outcomes in monochorionic twin pregnancies Guidelines for the definition and management of IUGR
08:24 - 08:48 Professor Ruben Quintero, USA - Videoconference Prof Annemarie Hennessey, Australia
  Fetoscopic laser ablation for TTS and IUGR in MCDA twins Choice of antihypertensives with a growth restricted fetus
08:48 - 09:12 Prof Yves Ville, France Prof Ivica Zalud, USA
  Ultrasound assessment of cardiac function for the staging of TTS Intrauterine growth restriction: Doppler on my mind
09:12 - 09:36 Prof Waldo Sepulveda, Chile Prof Caroline Crowther, Australia
  Acardiac twin complicating triplet pregnancies: management and outcome Corticosteroids – which, when and how often?
09:36 - 10:00 Dr Danny Challis, Australia Prof Liliana Voto, Italy
  Selective reduction in monochorionic twins Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Preeclampsia: outcomes of successive pregnancies
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Coffee
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 2, Rooms 5 & 6
10.30 – 12.00 Emergency / intrapartum ultrasound Materno-Fetal Infection ASA: First trimester Workshop
  Moderators: A/Prof Sue Walker & Prof George Yeo Moderators: Prof Jonathan Morris & Prof Malcolm Levene    
10:30 - 10:52 Prof David Ellwood, Australia Prof Liliana Voto, Italy    
  Ultrasound and Birth: Can we improve outcomes? The management of HIV in pregnancy: an Argentinean perspective    
10:52 - 11:14 Dr Jon Hyett, Australia Dr Corazon Yabes-Almirante:    
  Ultrasound assessment of cervical length to predict vaginal delivery Infection and PPRoM: perspective from the Philippines    
11:14 - 11:36 Dr Brad De Vries, Australia Prof William Rawlinson, Australia    
  Ultrasound assessment of fetal position in the second stage of labour The epidemiology of congenital CMV and rationale for intrauterine treatment with IVIG    
11:36 - 12:00 Dr Peter Dietz, Australia Prof Yves Ville, France    
  Trauma to the pelvic floor in labour Diagnosis of the fetus affected by CMV and the rationale for intrauterine treatment with Gancyclovir    
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 4, Exhibition
12.30 – 13:30 Philips Lunch time Symposium Gestational Cells - A coming of Age Oral posters 2
             
             
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B
13.30 – 15.30 First trimester ultrasound Obesity and Macrosomia
  Moderators: Dr Andrew McLennan & Prof Ana Bianchi Moderators: Dr David Ellwood & Prof Liliana Voto
13:30 - 13:54 Prof Zehra Nese Kavak, Istanbul Prof John Newnham, Australia
  Early pregnancy ultrasound: correlation with clinical finings Preventing obesity and diabetes at their early-life origins.
13:54 - 14:18 Prof Tze Kin Lau, Hong Kong A/Prof Leonie Callaway, Australia
  Down syndrome screening in Chinese populations at 11-14 weeks Maternal and fetal complications of obesity
14:18 - 14:42 Dr Jiri Sonek, USA Prof Michael Permezel, Australia
  The nasal bone and FMF angle in screening for trisomy 21 Understanding the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes.
14:42 - 15:06 Dr Hung Winn, USA Prof David McIntyre, Australia
  The role of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) in the pre-implantation development of the rat embryo.   Hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcome: how should we define gestational diabetes?
15:06 - 15:30 Prof Ritsuko Pooh, Japan Dr George Yeo, Singapore
  First trimester Three-Dimensional Sonoembryology The prediction and prevention of injury from shoulder dystocia
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B Level 2, Room 3 Level 2, Room 5 & 6
16.00 – 17.30 3D/4D ultrasound Prenatal diagnosis Research update in PET ASA: Fetal Heart Workshop
  Moderators: Dr Simon Meagher & Prof Zehra Nese Kavak Moderators: Dr Andrew Ngu Moderators:Prof Annemarie Hennessey & Prof Gustaff Dekker  
16:00 - 16:22 Prof Vincenzo D’Addario, Italy Prof Aris Antsaklis, Greece Dr Chi Chiu Wang, Hong Kong  
  3D ultrasound of the fetal brain 10002 amniocentesies in a single centre: complications and follow-up Innate Immune Pattern Recognition Lectins in Normal and
16:22 - 16:44 Prof Waldo Sepulveda, Chile Dr Kwong Wai Choy, Hong Kong  
  3D assessment of severe fetal facial anomalies Molecular Karyotyping by array CGH in amniotic fluid: a new horizon for Prenatal Diagnosis.
16:44 - 17:06 Prof Kazuo Maeda, Japan Prof Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy  
  Ultrasound tissue characterisation using grey scale histogram width Further developments in prenatal diagnosis using fetal cells.  
17:06 - 17:30 Prof Eberhardt Merz, Germany Prof Tze Kin Lau, Hong Kong  
  Evaluation of fetal limb malformations Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and genetic syndromes  
19:00 Conference Dinner
Sunday, 8 March 2009
  Level 3, Grand Ballroom A Level 3, Grand Ballroom B
08.30 – 09.45 Postdates pregnancy Interruption of pregnancy
  moderators: Dr Colleen Cook & Prof Ivica Zalud moderators: Dr Carol Portman
08:30 - 08:55 Professor Giampaolo Mandruzzato, Italy Dr Jan Dickinson, Australia
  What risk is the fetus exposed to in post term pregnancy? Mifepristone and misoprostol for second trimester induction of labour
08:55 - 09:20 Dr Robert Ogle, Australia Dr Lachlan de Crespigny, Australia
  Imaging the post term fetus An ethical and legal framework for termination of pregnancy.
09:20 - 09:45 Dr Jodie Dodd, Australia Dr Michelle Fink, Australia
  Misoprostol for term induction of labour Post-mortem imaging of the fetus
09.45 – 11.15 Fetal echocardiography Improving neonatal outcome
  moderators: A/Prof Juan Dickinson & Prof Giampaolo Mandruzzato moderators: Dr Andrew Ngu & Dr Eberhardt Merz
09:45 - 10:07 Prof Ana Bianchi, Uruguay Dr Martin Kluckow, Australia
  Ultrasound screening for cardiac defects Functional neonatal echocardiography: an emerging clinical tool.
10:07 - 10:29 Dr Simon Meagher, Australia Dr Terence Lao, Hong Kong
  The cardiac ultrasound quiz: the answers Maternal Thyroid and Iodine Status on Neonatal Thyroid Function
10:29 - 10:51 Dr Andreas Lee, Australia Prof Malcolm Levene, UK
  Cardiac assessment with STIC Brain hypothermia in birth asphyxia. A valuable new treatment?
10:51 - 11:15 A/Prof Gary Sholler, Australia Dr Ingrid Rieger, Australia
  What happens after delivery: the good, the bad and the ugly. Developmental outcome after very preterm birth.
11.15 – 11.45 Morning Coffee
11.45 – 13.30 Level 3, Grand Ballroom A
Closing Plenary
  Moderators: Dr Jon Hyett & A/Prof Frank Chervenak          
11:45 - 12:20 Prof Yves Ville, France
  In utero therapy for diaphragmatic hernia
12:20 - 12:55 Prof Robert Brent, USA
  The teratogenic effects of alcohol and non-prescribed drugs
12:55 - 13:30 Prof John Newnham, Australia
  Preventing preterm birth: the role of periodontal disease
13.30 – 14.00 Closing ceremony